As an entrepreneur, December is probably among the most stressful times of the year. There are end-of-the-year reports, goal-setting meetings for the next year, and, of course, the holidays ……
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Maintaining personal relationships while building a company is one of the hardest things about being an entrepreneur. First off, there are obvious work-life balance issues to being an entrepreneur. Starting…
Sometimes you just have to look in unexpected places to find success stories in business. For this installment of Keys to Success, we peek into three young, eccentric businesses. We…
We just wrapped up observance of Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 18-24). For the uninitiated, or those who might scoff and think it’s just another annual designation (National Grilled Cheese Month…
The business concept of bootstrapping is akin to the D.I.Y. approach in rock ’n’ roll. Imagine the young band that practices in a garage and records in its own makeshift…
When people think of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison and Bill Gates, they most often associate them with wealth, success and innovation. Their ideas changed the world. But they have something…
Entrepreneurs have a lot going against them, including competitors and a sluggish economy, just to name a couple. But many small business owners might not realize that they can be…
It’s an age-old argument among entrepreneurs: Is it more important early in the life of a business to focus on turning profits or fueling growth for the long haul? We…
As we’ve written here, funding is critical to any startup operation, and there are several possible sources for that important infusion. Many people dip into their own savings and nearly…
It’s a familiar restaurant scene: The grinning manager breezes by, then saddles up the table to interrupt the dinner conversation: “And how is everything tonight?” Many of us will instinctively…